Love is saying this morning, “I’ll take the boys to school and then go to Meijer,” because you know I’m trying to finish some artwork for a one day show tomorrow that I’m simultaneously excited, nervous and freaked out about, even though you re-start chemo today and have your own set of nerves about that.
Today
book love
I bought a book from an old friend yesterday.
As I was leaving, she told me to destroy it.
She told me to dog-ear it, to demolish it,
to underline and write notes and just love it.
“This is how a book knows that you love it”,
she told me, handing over my change.
Today, I will love my book properly.
I like to write in books, leaving tracks of my thoughts written in the margins and the white spaces at the beginning and end of chapters. I dog-ear too. I do. However, the exception to this rule is library books. Always. Those are treated with the utmost care, for they do not belong to me. They are just in my possession temporarily. ~ Janean
Today is a mystery
Today is a mystery
sort of wide open
with things that need done
not sure I want to do any of them
so I will do some
one appointment I won’t miss
and no, it’s not the dentist
I hope it’s filled
with family and friends
with laughter,
smiles, hugs and grins
the tears need to stay at bay
I don’t have time
for you today
so far
so good
© 2011 Turquoise Tangles
snow prayers
my youngest son
is yearning
longing
dreaming
wanting
wishing
and praying
for snow
since it wasn’t today
maybe tomorrow
in his eight year old mind
he’s waited long enough
for snowballs
snow forts
snowmen
and snow days
please God
let it snow soon
for him
I want to see his smile
and join him
in snow play
now I’m prayin’
for snow
too
© 2011 Turquoise Tangles
bein’ girly
I am bein’ girly today
meetin’ a friend this morn
we’re going to gab,
chit chat and laugh
while our feet are soaked,
scrubbed and buffed
then our toes
polished in vivid hues
we’ll slip our flip flops on
talk a little more
hug goodbye
both of us feelin’ lighter
on the inside
after our time together
sharing hearts
over pedicures
two women
bein’ girly
my birthday present
a little early
from a wonderful friend
who insisted
on treatin’
Thank you, Kim!
I. Can’t. Wait.
Will see you soooooon!
Love,
Janean
© 2011 Turquoise Tangles
TODAY IS FILLED WITH PRAISES!
TODAY IS FILLED WITH PRAISES!
Before the doctors came in on rounds,
it was an especially gorgeous sunrise,
with bands of color across the horizon.
Even more spectacular,
than yesterday’s golden glow.
Good news from The Pathology Report.
A clear CT scan.
Minimal air around the lungs.
Nothing showed up on the x-ray.
Going home.
Staples out today.
Hemoglobin OK.
I am crying tears of Joy.
Why do we doubt,
when God is so good?
He has this under control.
He’s showing us,
step by step,
I have this.
Trust Me.
But we doubt.
We worry.
We fret.
Well, I do.
Even when he gives us the gift
of a sunrise in vivid hues
to say, “I Am Here”.
Thank you, God.
It’s your prayers.
All of them.
Each and every one.
We are so overwhelmed
with the power of them,
as God keeps moving mountains
from our path.
He hears them.
He answers.
In His time.
In His way.
God is good.
All the time.
How Great Is Our God!
Love and thankfulness
for each of you,
for walking so closely with us
on my husband’s journey
through cancer,
from diagnosis to survivor,
is our prayer.
Friday morning, November 18, 2011
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